Described as an “evolution in app sharing and discovery”, the new service enables Android apps to run instantly, without requiring installation.
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Announcing the new developer tools and user features for Android Pay at the I/O conference, Google’s Pali Bhat – senior director of product management for Android Pay – demonstrated the “ATM cash withdrawals” feature, one of the most notable additions the company has made to the mobile payment service.
Not every Chromebook will be able to take advantage of the new apps.
For seven years, Google has been teasing that Chrome OS and Android would eventually merge.
Chromebook shipments overtook Macs in the USA during the first quarter of this year, according to IDC.
Many Chromebooks will soon be to play a wide variety of 3D games, use Facebook Messenger’s “chat heads” to alert them to incoming messages using little bubbles that float above a user’s home screen and use the Android version of Microsoft Office.
Android N Developer Preview 3 releases by Google: Google has announced the next developer preview of the Android N, which the company calls the extension of the Android into Virtual reality i.e.is an update to Android Studio and more.
Users can multi-task with multiple Android apps in moveable windows along with a full desktop browser, all within the familiar Chrome OS interface. Android apps will be able to run in three different window sizes, and users will be able to receive Android notifications on Chrome.
This is a feature Google has been working on for a while, but this is the first time the company has shown off more of the technical details of the app integration.
Like numerous other announcements Google made at its I/O developers conference this week, the Android apps integration feature won’t be available for consumers until this fall.
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The good news is that if you do not use Samsung Pay but prefer Android Pay, you will be pleased to learn that Bank of America ATMs will now support withdrawal of money from its ATMs using Android Pay.
